911 briefs -- Published Oct. 30, 2013

STOCKTON - A motorcyclist died after being involved in a collision early Tuesday in south Stockton, authorities said.

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STOCKTON - A motorcyclist died after being involved in a collision early Tuesday in south Stockton, authorities said.

The 56-year-old motorcycle rider was going west on Arch Airport Road just east of South Airport Way at 5:56 a.m. when he collided with another vehicle traveling the same direction, police said. The motorcycle rider was taken to a hospital, where he succumbed to his injuries, authorities said.

Traffic officers were called to the scene to take over the investigation, police said. Part of Arch Airport Road was closed for hours as officers investigated. The road was reopened about 10:20 a.m., police said.

The motorcycle rider was wearing a helmet, said Officer Joe Silva, a spokesman for the Stockton Police Department. Neither drugs nor alcohol were believed to be a factor, Silva said.

STOCKTON - Parole agents and Stockton Police officers used police dogs to apprehend two at-large parolees who resisted arrest before they were taken into custody Tuesday, authorities said.

Police officers and parole agents located Ernesto Provencio, 37, shortly after 9 a.m. at a home in the 1600 block of Cornell Court, authorities said. When Provencio refused to exit a room, a police dog was deployed to help officers take him into custody, officials said.

Shortly before 2 p.m., agents and officers went to a home in the 2000 block of Elmwood Avenue in search of 41-year-old Richard Talamantes. When an officer knocked on the front door, Talamantes attempted to flee through the back door but retreated back into the residence when authorities gave chase. Again, a police dog was used to apprehend the suspect.

Provencio and Talamantes were both arrested on suspicion of parole violation and resisting arrest, police said.

STOCKTON - A man was arrested on suspicion of hate crimes Tuesday after vandalizing a Stockton church, authorities said.

A retired California Highway Patrol officer witnessed the act of vandalism about 4:25 p.m. at Victory Outreach church in the 2700 block of East Waterloo Road, the San Joaquin County Sheriff's Office said. The retired officer saw Juan Alfredo Martinez, 41, spray painting the church, authorities said. Deputies said Martinez defaced the church with profanity, a racial epithet, a swastika symbol and his tagging name, "Gizmo."

During a pat-down search, authorities found Martinez in possession of two cans of spray paint, methamphetamine and two glass smoking pipes, the Sheriff's Office said. Martinez was arrested on suspicion of vandalizing a place of worship, damaging property in violation of civil rights, possession of a controlled substance and other crimes, authorities said. He was also arrested for an outstanding warrant, deputies said.